Whilst I know that Ryanair was based around Southwest Airlines, Ryanair has taken advantage of lots of small and out of the way airports like Hahn and Skavsta in Europe which are some way out of the cities they are actually meant to serve.
And whilst Southwest serve secondary airports in many cities such as Midway instead of O'Hare in the Chicago area, are there an abundance of small airports that would be ideal for a Ryanair type operator?
I know that AirNav has quite a comprehensive selection of airports that serve as alternatives to major airports, however most of these are simply for FBOs and the private sector, but that I cannot find if they have a passenger terminal and security facilities that would support daily passenger flights.
Where are there examples of these airports? Would many FBO-type airports that have the ability to handle such flights look at expaning to incorporate a simple passenger operation?
Just some questions ...
